happy spring to one and all who come here to visit.

i have been busy in my workshop, head down, nose to the grindstone for many months working with my daughter on a collection of works to be put up on etsy. we will blog of it and link to it when it is up and running.

i have a small collection of bracelets/mini crowns for spring this year which i hope to place at the ark. they are sweet and small and i love their scale so much. i will work more on small things this year with my daughter as this is the size and quality that speaks most lovingly to us.

loving spring and all its magical petal storms and delicate details.

joy!

my order from moo arrived today:)
the possibilitea of making ones own happy images into postcards is really so uplifting.

pictured is my cupie baby from childhood and a well loved resident of my disheveled dolly sanctuary.

kat of secrets of a butterfly led me there to moo when she gifted me a set of beautiful cards and stickers of her floral imagery for christmas.

thank you, for your lovely guidance and inspirations.

i can't wait to put those cute doll faces in the post for

some old fashioned correspondence.

oh the layers of the yule log. perhaps a little too advanced baking for me but fun and funny in the end. the mushrooms were the funnest part. i love all things "woodland".

happiest holiday wishes!

xo

my daughter and i have been crocheting edges too.

18 days and 10 washcloth edges later my mom in law has flown on to other family. she left so much behind in her wake. crochet instruction, tamale instruction and a pace of slow and steady wins the race. i realize how much i hurry through it all when i see her movement.

...and my crochet thread collection has more than doubled in size. a textile and craft thrift store in sebastopol ca, afforded us new variety in very vintage colors.

feeling very much like i have been on a needle arts retreat for the past 2 weeks but it is on to the holidays and all the many layers of preparation.

my husband's mom lydia is visiting us for a few weeks from northern new mexico where she lives on a ranch that she owns with her 9 brothers and sisters. they share laundry facilities and that is often responsible for mix-ups in laundry ownership.

pictured is the graceful way in which she marks her territory:)

loving the creative view as she works hooking herself into home:)

i love tiny details!

winter has been released!